A well-designed plan for visiting Ulyanovsk will save time, budget and effort. Ulyanovsk attractions include cultural and natural monuments, an abundance of cafes and bars, parks and beaches. In this article you will learn about how a tourist can spend a day in Ulyanovsk.
Your time in Ulyanovsk is limited, but you want to see a lot? Today I will tell you about the tourist route of Ulyanovsk: what to see, where to go on your own. In just 1 day you will experience the culture and nature of the city, take a walk through iconic and atypical places. And these are not only monuments to Lenin!
Main street of the city
Regardless of their interests, all tourists begin their acquaintance with the city from the center. You can get here by minibuses, city and country buses and trams. All of them pass through the main street of the city - Goncharova Street (formerly Bolshaya Saratovskaya). In the 18th century, it housed the largest revenue and public buildings, the first theater, and golden-domed cathedrals. The road to Saratov passed right there.
The street originates from the 30th Anniversary of Victory Square, where the 47-meter Obelisk of Glory and the memorial complex are located. Head to the intersection of Goncharova and Minaev streets to see a stele topped with a five-pointed star and a majestic view of the Volga banks. You will get beautiful photos here. The overview opens to the opposite banks of the Volga, the Imperial Bridge, ships coming from the River Station. Some tourists come here early in the morning to see the sunrise.
Take a stroll along Goncharova Street on foot. Along the way, you can stop by one of the food establishments to refresh yourself. The Asian restaurant “Haruku” is open to visitors every day, with an inexpensive business lunch on weekdays. Restaurant "Miruku" - its brother in the chain, is located on Minaev Street. Opposite “Haruku” there is a canteen with affordable prices “Scarlet Sails”. My personal recommendation for fast food lovers: near Torgovy you will find stalls serving the best shawarma in the city. Near Goncharov Square there are several cozy cafes where you can drink coffee, work and sit in a pleasant place on Lenin Street, the Volsov coffee shop, named after the famous Ulyanovsk architect. Nearby is a good establishment with Georgian cuisine, “Mezzanine”. Closer to TSUM there are Dodo-Pizza, McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and others. I would like to note that the catering business is well developed in Ulyanovsk. Here you will find bakeries and kiosks with baked goods, bars and canteens for every taste and budget.
Continuing along Goncharova Street, visit the Puppet Theater named after V.M. Leontieva, where you can watch a performance and a puppet museum.
Facade of the puppet theater.
After 80 meters there is a small book and stationery store in the building of the Ulyanovsk Printing House. I love buying books and printed materials here - very cheap. Walking further you will see a long red-brown brick building with a tower and a clock. This is the house of the great Russian writer I.A. Goncharov, where he spent his youth. Visit the House-Museum of I.A. Goncharova stands to look into the rooms with 19th-century furnishings, go down into the merchant cellars and go up to the very heart of the building - the clock mechanism.
Ulyanovsk has lost the features of old Simbirsk: in the 30s, the communists violently destroyed cathedrals and churches that they had protected for centuries. On the site of the Ascension Cathedral now stands Goncharov Square with the famous Oblomov sofa.
"Goncharovka" in the summer.
Goncharova Street ends with the Central Bank building. You can turn to the Lenin Memorial through Plastov Square or walk through Dvortsovaya Street, at the same time admiring the new reconstruction of the Spassky Monastery.
Master classes
You can continue your acquaintance with the traditions of the land of the rising sun at the online meeting of the Sumi to Kami Calligraphy Club. Every Sunday, the Japanese Culture Center conducts online classes on teaching Japanese calligraphy - the art of beautiful writing. Calligraphy helps you feel the correctness of lines, the structure of symmetry, develops attentiveness, imagination, and a sense of rhythm. The master class starts at 17:00.
Free time can be wisely spent studying culinary art. And real chefs will be your assistants. On April 11, watch a live broadcast from the Volsov coffee shop, where they prepare a cold banana latte, and on April 12, from the Mezzanine restaurant. There they will begin preparations for the bright holiday of Easter and bake Easter cakes.
For fans of the Soviet era
Ulyanovsk is strongly associated with the name of the leader of the revolution, V.I. Lenin (Ulyanov). Driving across the bridge from the left bank, on the slope of the People's Friendship Park there is an inscription made from green spaces “LENIN”. The Lenin Memorial has always attracted the attention of tourists. Nowadays excursions, concerts and exhibitions take place here. Inside the complex is located one of the houses of the Ulyanov family. You can continue your walk in the Peoples' Friendship Park.
On the main square of the city, recently renamed Cathedral Square, there has been a monument to Vladimir Ilyich for 80 years. The entire cultural and mass life of the city is concentrated here. Young people skateboard and play basketball, while older people move chess pieces on a huge chessboard. Not far from the square, during the warmer months of the city, evenings of the Soviet era are organized: exhibitions of old equipment and cars, photo zones.
Imperial Bridge and the left bank. This view opens from New Venets Boulevard, not far from Cathedral Square.
A museum of the Soviet era has recently opened, located in the youth affairs department at 15 Karl Marx Street. For Soviet nostalgia, come here! I also can’t help but recommend the museum “Safe Apartment of the Simbirsk RSDLP Group.” It is a 3-5 minute walk from the Victory Obelisk.
Concerts
On April 11 and 12, the Ulyanovsk State Academic Symphony Orchestra "Governor" under the direction of artistic director and chief conductor Ilya Derbilov and People's Artist of Russia Sergei Shakurov will present a musical and literary composition based on the story by James Crews "Tim Thaler, or Sold Laughter." In the book by the famous German storyteller James Crews, many events happen to the boy Tim: fantastic and very real. Like all real fairy tales, this story is interesting and instructive not only for children, but also for adults. Because it makes you think about many important things: that money is far from the most important thing in life, about what true friendship is, and others... And music performed by a symphony orchestra will help listeners to more deeply empathize with the main character, and will enhance the impression of an exciting plot and will emphasize the meaning of this fairy tale: “a person needs laughter, like a flower needs sunlight”!
And if you are fans of apartment concerts, then the “Kvartirniki Online” resource will appeal to you. The group has information about online broadcasts of concerts of musicians who are now forced to cancel live concerts. Want to attend a concert while at home? Here you will find your favorite authors from all cities and villages live!
Cultural inspiration
All cultural life takes place in the city center. I recommend turning left from Goncharova Street and walking along Lev Tolstoy Street. There are ancient merchant mansions and various museums here: “Simbirsk Meteorological Station. Planetarium”, “Exhibition Hall on Pokrovskaya” and others.
A collection of paintings and architectural models can be seen in the following museums:
- Art Nouveau architecture in Simbirsk (Lva Tolstoy St., 43)
- House-Studio of architect F.O. Livchak (Architect Livchak St., 4)
- Museum of Contemporary Fine Arts. Plastova (Lva Tolstoy St., 51)
Climbing higher along Iron Division Street, you will see a stunning Gothic building in architecture - the Catholic Church of St. Mary. If you're lucky, you can catch an organ concert, which is usually held on weekends.
On Lenin Street and nearby you can visit:
- Museum "Lenin's Motherland" (Lenin St. 98/17)
- Museum of Urban Life "Simbirsk late XIX - early XX centuries" (Lenin St., 90)
- Fire Museum (Lenin St., 43)
- Museum of Simbirsk Photography (Engelsa St., 1B)
- Museum "Zasechnaya Cherta" (Lva Tolstoy St., 43A)
- Creative space “Kvartal” (conferences, photo zone, exhibitions)
I would like to mention the Ulyanovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore, located on Novy Venets Boulevard. The building is unusual in architectural beauty; it has several floors. 1st floor - exhibitions of animals, insects, minerals with an interactive in the form of excavations of a prehistoric animal, WWII museum, history museum, photographs. 2nd floor - art museum exposition.
Local history museum and snow-covered fir trees.
The Museum of Local Lore is located close to the Lenin Memorial, on the Ulyanovsk embankment. In summer, here you can cool off in the shade of the trees and take photos against the backdrop of the bridge and the Volga, and in winter you can go ice skating. Don't forget to grab a bite to eat in the block near Cathedral Square and visit the Vladimir Garden.
"Fountain at the Museum of Local Lore." One day, young “city thinkers” added detergent to it and had a foam party.
You can get acquainted with theatrical art at the Ulyanovsk Drama Theater, which combines the classics of ancient Simbirsk and the modernity of the theatrical repertoire. Next to the theater there is a museum of the Simbirsk classical gymnasium - the same one where V. Ulyanov and A. Kerensky studied.
You can listen to music at the Ulyanovsk Philharmonic - an interesting place!
A. A. Plastov is a famous Soviet painter, a native of the village of Prislonikha, Ulyanovsk region. The master’s works and exhibitions of other artists can be seen in the A. Plastov Museum on Goncharova Street, 16.
And how can we not mention N.M. Karamzin - a great historian, writer and reformer of the Russian language. Visit Karamzinsky Square, where the monument to Karamzin with the muse Clio on the pedestal and the monument to the letter E on Novy Venets is hidden.
Sport
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See the Volga: from above and up close
My favorite place in the city is the observation point on the new Presidential Bridge. You can get to it by minibuses and trams going to the Polytechnic University. Further 5 minutes along the slope across the field - and you will see an amazing view of the Volga, the bridge and motor ships. If you are driving, just drive to the fork on the bridge and park your car on the slope.
The second option for continuing the journey is to relax on the water. To get to the Central Beach, take any minibus going to the left bank across the Imperial Bridge. For those who want to swim, sunbathe and play beach volleyball, the Golden Sands area is open. Not far from the beach there is a River Port (station), from where tourist ships depart daily.
I will share with you a place from which you can see the entire Ulyanovsk: the right and left banks. On the top floor of the Venets Hotel, next to the Lenin Memorial, there is the Olympus bar. Look at the city from a bird's eye view: how small the buildings seem, and in the distance you can see the white towers of the left bank and the wind farm.
Park named after Army General V.F. Margelova
Located in the Zavolzhsky district of Ulyanovsk at the intersection of Sozidateley and Zyrina avenues.
In 2013, a park named after Army General V.F. Margelova . As planned, it has a military-patriotic orientation. For this purpose, samples of military equipment are constantly on display. Equipped with an area for GTO and military-patriotic education.
On the day of the airborne troops, it becomes the central park for paratroopers of the entire city to relax.
Young plants planted in the park will in the future create comfort and coolness in it on hot days.
Now the existing playground is located in an open area. In the summer, for the convenience of vacationers, outdoor cafes operate.
Aquapark
You can devote the whole day to a trip to the Ulyot water park. It is located on the territory of Vladimirsky Park on the outskirts of the city. Children will enjoy water activities and a walk through the park with an artificial pond and the palace of the Imperial Club Deluxe Hotel.
It is impossible to visit all the sights in Ulyanovsk in 1 day. But you can highlight the key points for yourself and follow the schedule. Explore the secrets of this Volga city - you will be pleasantly surprised.
Maria Astafieva, student, 20 years old
Park of culture and recreation "40 years of the Komsomol"
Address: Ulyanovsk. st. Orenburgskaya, 41.
The 40 Years of the Komsomol Park is located on a large area, 75 hectares of which are mainly occupied by pine forest. There are narrow paths along it for non-walking walks with the whole family. Such a walk may end on the banks of the Volga, since the existing descent is very convenient.
To organize leisure time for visitors, there are numerous benches and summer cafeterias. There are rides, slides, and trampolines for children. The open-air petting zoo attracts children who want to see and touch animals in almost wild conditions. In summer, it is possible to rent a car or ride a horse. In winter there is an ice slide and dog sledding.
Builders Park
Address: Ulyanovsk, st. 12 September, no. 98
The park, located next to the inpatient complex of the Regional Clinical Hospital, is popular among its patients. In addition to them, residents of neighboring houses visit him. During the graying years, all reconstruction work on the site failed. The last tenant is facing demands for the demolition of illegal buildings, most of which are shopping pavilions.
The Builders' Park consists of one wide paved alley surrounded by benches for relaxation. There is a small complex of publicly accessible slides and sports equipment for children. In winter, there is a ski track for active sports.
